PUBLIC MEETINGS

Briefing & Public HearingOctober 26 6 p.m.This staff recommendation will be reviewed by the Board
of Parks Commissioners, followed by a hearing to receive public
testimony.

Park Board Recommendation
November 9 6 p.m. The Board will make a recommendation to the Parks Superintendent
at their November 9 meeting. The Superintendent will then make
his recommendation to the Mayor, along with draft legislation
to adopt the plan. The Seattle City Council will likely take action
on this master plan in early 2007.

EIS Study Area

Staff Preferred Alternative

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Seattle Parks is working, in the larger context of city planning for
the downtown central waterfront and the Alaska Way Viaduct, on options
for replacement of Piers 62/63, and upgrades and improvements to Waterfront
Park. Structural concerns at both Piers 62/63 and Waterfront Park have
prompted this analysis. The Central Waterfront Master Parks Plan Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is the final document in the SEPA
process for the adoption of a Central Waterfront Master Parks Plan.
This document includes analyses previously presented in the Draft EIS
that was issued June 27, 2006 as well as public comment on that document
and Seattle Parks and Recreations responses to such comments.

Background Information

Parks Planning Feasibility Study

The Central Waterfront Park Planning Feasibility Study was commissioned
by Seattle Parks and Recreation (Parks), at the direction of the City
Council, in an effort to comprehensively
address several upcoming opportunities to reinvigorate Seattles
Central Waterfront. These include the following specific areas: Piers
62/63, Waterfront Park and expansion of the Seattle Aquarium, Marine
Nearshore Habitat, and SR 99 Tunnel Lid.